According to USA Today, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer was arrested and taken into custody in Chicago on Wednesday following a hearing over unpaid child support. He faced a charge of failure to pay $161,000 in back child support, which being behind by $20K is considered a felony in Illinois.

Kelly’s publicist, Darryll Johnson, said the singer showed up with $50,000 or $60,000 but the judge wanted the full amount paid, the Chicago Tribune noted.

“As you know, he hasn’t worked in a long time,” Johnson said.

However, when asked how Kelly can still live in the Trump Tower, he replied that Kelly “has some money.”

The Pied Piper will be transferred to jail and will stay there until he pays what he owes his ex-wife Andrea Kelly. His former wife of 13 years said that the singer stopped paying her for their three children when she started to speak about him in 2018.

In January, Kelly’s estranged daughter, Buku Abi, posted a lengthy note on Instagram in which she called her father a “monster” and wrote:

“My mother, siblings, and I would never condone, support or be apart [sic] of ANYTHING negative he has done and or continues to do in his life.”

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R. Kelly is back in custody for failing to pay $161,633 in child support to his ex-wife, Cooks County Sheriff's Office confirmed. He was detained after a hearing this afternoon and will remain in jail until he pays the full delinquent amount owed, sheriff spox Sophia Ansari says pic.twitter.com/QBE63KadBW

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In the interview R Kelly talked about the most important thing to him is having a relationship with his kids. He could start by paying the $160k child support he owes but that's none of my business.#rkellyinterviewpic.twitter.com/NGH3VifSUK